CLE Azabache

"Excellent cigar! Stout, creamy chocolate flavor; strong but smooth, good to the very end."

James Ewing says:

"Deep, rich flavor from the first puff."

McArthur Jean Baptiste says:

"I really like this cigar because of its complex flavor."

CLE Azabache is a dark cigar made by Christian Eiroa exclusively for TAA (Tobacconists Association of America) cigar shops. Azabache in Spanish means "dark coal", and this cigar uses a Mexican maduro wrapper that is as dark as it gets. The blend is completed with a Honduran binder and fillers from Honduras, Nicaragua and Peru, all handmade and box pressed in Christian Eiroa's Aladino factory in Honduras. This is a limited production cigar.

Cigar Origin

Honduras

Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.

Strength

Full

Wrapper Color

Maduro

Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.Maduro wrapper can go from dark coffee brown with a reddish tint to blackish brown (the latter also called Oscuro).

Wrapper

Mexican

The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.Mexican tobacco is very dark and the best leaves can be used as maduro wrappers. In San Andres de Tuxtla (in the state of Vera Cruz), there is a very interesting production of Sumatra seed wrappers. Dark air cured tobaccos are produced in Mexico, mainly in Vera Cruz and Tampico provinces, on the East Coast along the Gulf. There is also some production in Yucatan. Mexico's volcanic soil yields tobacco that is spicy and earthy, with a very distinctive flavor.

Binder

Honduras

The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together.

Filler

Honduras

Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.

Nicaragua

Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.

Peru

Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.

Rolled by

Handmade

Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.

Manufacturer

CLE Cigar Company

CLE Cigar Company was founded in 2012 by Christian Eiroa, previously president of Camacho Cigars. Their cigars are produced in their Aladino Factory in Danli, Honduras, and in their Wynwood factory in Miami.

Stout and sturdy, a good strong smoke. Very similar to the CLE Prieto in flavor, but smoother and more nuanced. Wish this was in the regular roster and not just a TAA special. It would find a permanent rotation in my humidor.

Hard draw at first but with flavors like spices and light light chocolate hints.. The cigars opens up half way with a lighter draw. Flavors seem to die down towards the end.. A pleasant cigar but not my favorite.

The look and feel of this cigar is second to none. I was equally pleased with the quality of the CLE Azabache - it is clearly a well built cigar. I will certainly be enjoying more of these fine cigars in the future.

Christian Eiroa has made a great cigar with the Azabache. It's a very nice full body cigar. From the start, you get a nutty and chocolate flavor with a small amount of spice. Halfway through the cigar, the spice disappears but the light chocolate flavor continues. A nice creamy and coffee flavor appears. It makes the cigar more enjoyable. The full bodied strength is still present throughout the smoker. Eiroa has once again made a great cigar for everyone to enjoy.

Excellent cigar! Stout, creamy chocolate flavor; strong but smooth, good to the very end. Too bad it’s a limited edition stick. I could see this as an enduring favorite capable of besting competitors costing much more.

This cigar has such a balanced taste right from the get go, but would not burn right. I rested this thing for 2 weeks before I smoked it and the wrapper would not burn! Such an unenjoyable experience when you fight burn problems during the entire cigar.
Such a shame because the taste was there. Wrapped had kind of a funky barnyard smell but the cigar overall smelled and tasted awesome during the short periods it would burn correctly. Ultimately, I chucked after dicking around for 45 minutes to try and make it smoke. What a waste!